Wheeled toy

ABSTRACT

THIS INVENTION CONSISTS OF A HOLLOW HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED BODY SUPPORTED BY A PLURALITY OF WHEELS. THE AFORESAID BODY HAS A FLAT DECK IN THE CENTER OF WHICH IS LOCATED FOUR ELONGATED OPENINGS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO ONE ANOTHER. THE OPENINGS, ALL OF WHICH ARE OF THE SAME LENGTH, FORM A CROSS WHEN VIEWED FROM THE TOP. THE AFORESAID HOLLOW BODY IS PROVIDED WITH ROTATABLE MECHANISM THAT PROJECTS IN PART UP THROUGH THE ELONGATED OPENINGS. THE UPWARDLY PROJECTING PARTS TERMINATE IN TWO HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED AND SPACED PLATFORMS. THE PROJECTING PARTS MOVE THROUGH THE ELONGATED OPENINGS IN A CRUCIFORM MOTION WHEN THE AFORESAID MECHANISM IS ROTATED BY PULLEYS AND A BELT IS ADAPTED TO BE ROTATED BY SOME OF THE WHEELS AS THE INVENTION IS HORIZONTALLY MOVED ON A FLAT SURFACE. THE MECHANISM CAN ALSO BE ROTATED BY ANY OTHER DESIRED MEANS. A CLEAR PLASTIC COVER IS PLACED ON THE TOP OF THE AFORESAID FLAT DECK OVER THE ELONGATED OPENINGS AND OVER THE AFORESAID PLATFORMS WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN VERTICALLY DISPOSED FIGURINES.

Jan. 19, 1971 B. M. WALLACE WHEELED TOY 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 23, 1968 INVENTOR 1564/55 M 41.40:

Jan. 19, 1971 B. M. WALLACE 3,555,724

WHEELED TOY 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 23, 1968 FlGURES MAY BE MOUNTED ON 26 AND 27 INVENTOR BeucE M. Mums B. M. WALLACE Jan. 19, 1971 WHEELED TOY 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Aug. 23, 1968 IN VENTOR 6411c: M 14 444442 United States Patent 3,555,724 WHEELED TOY Bruce M. Wallace, Largo, Fla. (12709 Sebring Blvd., Tampa, Fla. 33618) Filed Aug. 23, 1968, Ser. No. 754,837 Int. Cl. A63h 11/10 US. Cl. 46-205 6 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention consists of a hollow horizontally disposed body supported by a plurality of wheels. The aforesaid body has a fiat deck in the center of which is located four elongated openings at right angles to one another. The Openings, all of which are of the same length, form a cross when viewed from the top. The aforesaid hollow body is provided with rotatable mechanism that projects in part up through the elongated openings. The upwardly projecting parts terminate in two horizontally disposed and spaced platforms. The projecting parts move through the elongated openings in a cruciform motion when the aforesaid mechanism is rotated by pulleys and a belt is adapted to be rotated by some of the wheels as the invention is horizontally moved on a flat surface. The mechanism can also be rotated by any other desired means. A clear plastic cover is placed on the top of the aforesaid flat deck over the elongated openings and over the aforesaid platforms which may or may not contain vertically disposed figurines.

This invention relates to toys; more particularly, to wheeled toys; still more particularly, to a wheeled toy which I personally call a fascinator for reasons that will become apparent as the reading of this specification and its appended claims proceeds.

It is the principal object of this invention to provide a wheeled toy having mechanism providing a cruciform motion that fascinates those who watch it.

Another object of this invention is to provide a wheeled toy of the character herein described that is provided with a clear plastic cover over its mechanism in order to protect the same and yet have the mechanism visible to its watchers.

Another object of this invention is to provide a wheeled toy of the character herein described that has its mechanism put in motion either by the rotation of its supporting wheels or by an electric or spring motor or by any other desired means.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a wheeled toy of the character herein described that is provided with two spaced mounting platforms of any desired configuration.

Other and further objects of this invention will no doubt become apparent on the reading of this specification and its appended claims and the examination of the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a top view of this invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of this invention with part of its side broken open in order to show its mechanism.

FIG. 3 is an end view of this invention as indicated by the arrowed line and number 3 in FIG. 1. A portion of the invention has been broken open in order to show its mechanism.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged detail view of that portion of this invention that is enclosed within the arrowed circle and indicated by the number 4 in FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged detail view of that portion of this invention that is enclosed within the arrowed circle and indicated by the number 5 in FIG. 3.

FIG. 6 to and including FIG. 13 are top views of the Patented Jan. 19, 1971 ice center portion of this invention showing the progressive movement of the mechanism as its arms are rotated.

In the several views of this invention in the accompanying drawings, like parts of the invention are indicated by like reference numbers.

The reference number 10 indicates this novel invention in its entirety.

Looking now at FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 of the accompanying drawings it will be seen that this invention consists of a hollow horizontally disposed body 11 supported by four freeturning wheels 12. The aforesaid body 11 has a flat deck 13 in the center of which is located four equally spaced elongated openings 14 that form a cross, as one can clearly see on examination of FIG. 1 of the drawings. Each of the aforesaid openings 14 is obviously at right angles to each other in order to form a cross. A mechanism supporting bracket 15 is located laterally in the longitudinal center of the aforesaid body 11 directly under the already mentioned deck 13. Each end 16 of the bracket 15 is downwardly turned and secured to side 17 of the 'body 11, as is clearly shown in FIG. 3 of the drawings. A second bracket 18, that has an inverted U-shaped configuration, is suitably secured to the underside of the center portion of the aforesaid bracket 15. A vertically disposed drive shaft 19 passes through the center of each of the aforesaid brackets 15 and 18 with the lower end of the shaft projecting below bracket 15 to terminate in the center of the drive pulley 20 to which it is secured. The upper end of the same drive shaft 19 projects up above the top of the aforesaid bracket 15 to be secured to the center of shaft support 21 which is riveted, or otherwise secured, to one end of arm 22. A second arm 23, of a length that is slightly more than that of any one of the aforesaid elongated openings 14, has its center rotatably secured to the outer end of the aforesaid arm 22 above which it is mounted by means of a double-headed pin 24 passing through the center of a vertically disposed spacer 25, as one can clearly see by examination of FIG. 4 of the accompanying drawings. A free-turning platform 26 is rotatably mounted above one end of the aforesaid second arm 23 in the exact manner as arm 23 is mounted above arm 22, while a second free-turning platform 27 is likewise mounted on the opposite end of the aforesaid second arm 23.

It is not considered necessary to give any reference numbers to the headed pins and spacers supporting the ust mentioned platforms 26 and 27. Examination of FIGURES 1, 2, annd 3 of the accompanying drawings shows that the two aforesaid platforms 26 and 27 are located above the aforesaid deck 13, and that the pins and spacers supporting the platforms pass through the already described elongated openings 14 in deck 13. Ann 23 and its supporting mechanism are both obviously below the aforesaid deck 13 where one will understand that continuous rotation of the aforesaid drive shaft 19 will give cruciform motion to the two platforms 26 and 27 which may or may not have any desired figurines mounted on the top thereof. None of the figurines are shown in any of the views of the drawings. The aforesaid drive pulley 20 on shaft 19 is rotated by means of the belt 28 that encompasses in part the pulley 29 that is mounted on the axle 30 of two of the aforesaid wheels 12 although, as previously stated, the mechanism (which embodies shaft 19) may be rotated by any other means, if so desired. FIGS. 7 to and including 13 clearly show the progressive movement of the often mentioned platforms 26 and 27 and the two aforesaid arms 22 and 23 that move the platform. A clear plastic cover 31 is suitably secured over the top of the mechanism of this invention. The edges of the cover rest on top of the aforesaid fiat deck 13.

This invention can be manufactured from any desired material and in any size. The aforesaid clear plastic cover 31 or the aforesaid body 11 is not to be limited to the configuration shown in the accompanying drawings.

The actual way in which this novel invention of a wheeled toy works is so obvious from examination of the accompanying drawings as to need no further explanation in this specification.

This invention is subject to any and all changes in detail design and/or modifications not already mentioned in so long as the changes and/or modifications fall within the scope and intent of the appended claims.

What I now claim as new is:

1. A wheeled toy of the character described comprising a hollow horizontally disposed body having wheels mounted thereon and having a fiat deck in the center of which is located four elongated openings at right angles to one another, said openings being all of the same length and forming a cross when viewed from the top; a rotatable mechanism supported inside said hollow body, part of said mechanism projecting upward through two of the elongated openings in two spaced horizontally disposed platforms, and means on said toy for rotating said mechanism in response to rotation of said wheels, said platforms moving in a cruciform motion as the said mechanism is activated.

2. The invention of claim 1, wherein the said mechanism is supported by two laterally disposed brackets mounted in the said body.

3. The invention of claim 2, the said mechanism comprising a vertically disposed drive shaft that has its upper end secured to a support on the top of which is fastened one end of a horizontally disposed arm that has its other end supporting a vertically disposed headed pin that passes rests asecond arm that has 'eachend supporting a verti cally disposed headed pin that passes through the center of a spacer that is located in the elongated openings of the said fiat deck; and two horizontally disposed platforms mounted above the said fiat deck, one platform be ing mounted on top of each said headed pin at each end of the said second arm.

4. The invention of claim 3, wherein the four elongated openings and the two platforms are covered by a clear plastic cover which has its lower edge resting on the said flat deck.

5. The invention of claim 4, wherein each of the said platforms is provided with vertically disposed figurines or the like on the top side thereof.

6. The invention of claim 5, wherein the lower end of the said drive shaft terminates in the center of a horizontally disposed pulley around which passes a belt that also passes around a pulley which is secured to a laterally disposed axle that has its ends passing through the sides of the said body'to terminate in the center of said wheels supporting the said body, the horizontal movement of the said body activating the said mechanism.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,648,352 11/1927 Kroff 46204 3,032,893 5/1962 Debeh 333l 3,100,365 8/1963 Stalder 4647 3,214,862 11/1965 Price 46227 LOUIS G. MANCENE, Primary Examiner D. L. WEINHOLD, Assistant Examiner 

